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Brewer's: Chevalier d'Industrie
A man who lives by his wits and calls himself a gentleman. “Denicheur de fauvettes, chevalier de l'ordre de l'industrie, qui va chercher quelque bon nid, quelque femme qui lui fasse sa…Brewer's: Apollo
The sun, the god of music. (Roman mythology.) Apollo's angry, and the heavens themselves Do strike at my injustice. Shakespeare: Winter's Tale , iii. 2. A perfect Apollo. A model of…Brewer's: Deficit
(Madame). Marie Antoinette. So called because she was always demanding money of her ministers, and never had any. According to the Revolutionary song: La Boulangère a des ecus Qui ne lui…Brewer's: Nose Out of Joint
To put one's nose out of joint is to supplant a person in another's good graces. To put another person's nose where yours is now. There is a good French locution, “Lui couper l'herbe sous…Brewer's: Pepper
To pepper one well. To give one a good basting or thrashing. To take pepper i' the nose. To take offence. The French have a similar locution, “La moutarde lui monte au nez.” “Take you…Brewer's: Fagot
A badge worn in mediæval times by those who had recanted their “heretical” opinions. It was designed to show what they merited, but had narrowly escaped. (See Fagots.) Il y a fagots et…Brewer's: Geneva Bible
The English version in use prior to the present one; so called because it was originally printed at Geneva (in 1560). Geneva Bible (The). The wine cup or beer pot. The pun is on Geneva…Brewer's: Mince the Matter
Not to mince the matter. To speak outright; not to palliate or gloss over the matter. Terence has “Rem profer palam” (Heauitimoroumenos, v. 2, 41). The French say, “Je ne le lui ai point…2001 Professional Baseball Season Recap
Desert Reign The 2001 baseball season had it all - power hitting, power pitching, dominant teams and doormats, hall-of-famers retiring, top-notch rookies coming in to replace them, and of course,…Welterweight
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